LowBreachHave I Been Pwned — public breach catalog· 8 Dec 2023

Movie Forums — 40K accounts

Severity: Low · Kind: Data breach

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In December 2022, the Movie Forums website suffered a data breach that affected 40k users. The breach exposed email and IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and passwords stored as easily crackable salted MD5 hashes. The data was subsequently posted a popular clear web hacking forum.

Breach facts

Accounts affected: 39,914
Verified: Yes
Sensitive: No
Domain: movieforums.com
Data exposed: Dates of birthEmail addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernames

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